Okay ladies I am in need of help once again. My 2 year old great granddaughter is attending day care or school as we call it, but for the last several weeks when she is dropped off she cries a lot, but some days, not many lately, she is find. She will even tell her parents, no no school, when they tell her it is time to go. Do you think she is just testig her parents as they do give in to her, or should we puruse other avenues. She was so happy at first, then she got sick with ear aches, and missed a lot, and it was after that when she decided not to like to go. She has learned a lot put seems to want her paci even more when she gets home, and will not have much to do with trying to get the idea of potty training. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Maybe I am being an overprotected grandmother, but I thought after a few weeks she would not even cry;
Also does anyone have any suggestions on getting the paci away from her.
I went thru the same thing with my son. He is now almost 5 yrs old. What I did was work with the teachers at his daycare to keep things as consistent at home as at school. This will pass and your grand daughter will develop great social skills and learn so much. I still have trouble on Monday's because he enjoys the weekends so much being at home and all of the attention not to mention he has all of his things around him.
Best of luck
Two year olds are still babies. She did great in the beginning at school but once she got sick and got all of that attention, she decided she wanted more of that at home. She also felt very vulnerable being ill. I am guessing she is also going through separation anxiety because she will probably be meeting a milestone really soon. She is needing the paci right now, let her have it. Once she gets settled into school, than you can work on the paci.
Just hang in there, this will pass. I am sure she will get used to school again very soon. 2 is awfully young to worry about potty training. If she wants to try great, but do not put any pressure on her about it. Take one major issue at a time.
If she doesn't have to go every day, you could do like a mother's day out that's only a few days. I am sure she just misses her things and her home. It will take some time to adjust. Maybe if yall arrainged some playdates with some of the kids in her class she will want to go to school "to play with her friends". Talk to her about her "friends" tell her "you're so lucky you get to go to school with all your friends" I hope this works. Good luck.
A 2 year old might be testing....more more likely they are very real about their feelings. A 2 year old doesn't know "mind games" yet. I think something happened recently that makes her scared. Perhaps, she is overwhelmed there (lots of kids?) or is experiencing separation anxiety, or something occurred that frightened her.
Talking with the supervisor at the daycare could help. She is using the paci more, due to her uneasiness and her search for some comfort. It is her comfort item now. Taking it away when she is stressed would backfire.
If she is uneasy and upset with the daycare situation, it will be very tough to potty train. Sorry. We moved once when one of the kids was almost totally potty trained. He went backwards big time & it was like starting over b/c his little world was totally shaken.
